Reversible necktie



Aug. 5, 1969 R. c. SMITH REVERSIBLE NECKTIE 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Feb. 8, 1968 FIG.!

3 INVENTOR 2036M a1 #4 ATTORNEY 5, 9 R. c. SMITH 3,458,868

REVERSIBLE NECKTIE Filed Feb. 8, 1968 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 United States Patent 3,458,868 REVERSIBLE NECKTIE Robert C. Smith, 1422 E. 22nd Ave.,

Denver, Colo. 80205 Filed Feb. 8, 1968, Ser. No. 703,991 Int. Cl. A41d 25/02 US. Cl. 2150 8 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A four-in-hand type necktie including a simulated knot portion and a drape portion each of which is swivelly supported for rotation to expose either of two circumferential halves of the knot portion and either side of the drape portion. One circumferential half of the knot portion is of the same color or material as one side of the drape portion and the other half of the knot portion similarly matches the other half of the drape portion, so that the necktie is reversible to exposure either matching portions of the knot and drape.

This invention relates to the art of preformed four-inhand neckties.

Background of the invention The prior art discloses preformed four-in-hand neckties having drape portions which are detachably fastened to a simulated knot portion and wherein the drape portion may be detached from and reapplied to the simulated knot to expose either of two dissimilar sides of the drape portion.

Summary It is a primary object of the present invention to provide an improved preformed four-in-hand type necktie including a simulated knot and a drape each of which has dissimilar halves or sides and which may be reversed to position either half of the simulated knot and the matching half of the drape in an exposed or outwardly facing position.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel support for the simulated knot and drape including a swivelly mounted part to which the knot is attached and a second swivelly mounted part attached to the drape to permit the knot and drape to be individually rotated relative to the support.

Still a further object of the invention is to provide a novel preformed four-in-hand type necktie providing, in effect, two distinct and dissimilar neckties in one.

Various other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter become more fully apparent from the following description of the drawings, illustrating a presently preferred embodiment thereof, and wherein:

Brief description of the drawings FIGURE 1 is a front elevational view, partly broken away, showing one side or longitudinal half of a preformed four-in-hand type necktie, constructed in accordance with the invention;

FIGURE 2 is a similar view but with the necktie reversed to expose the other dissimilar side or longitudinal half;

FIGURE 3 is a fragmentary substantially central longitudinal sectional view, taken substantially along a plane as indicated by the line 3-3 of FIGURE 5, and on an enlarged scale relative to FIGURES l and 2;

FIGURE 4 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional view, taken substantially along a plane as indicated by the line 44 of FIGURE 3; I

FIGURE 5 is a cross sectional view, primarily in top plan, taken substantially along a plane as indicated by the line 55 of FIGURE 3, and

3,458,868 Patented Aug. 5, 1969 FIGURE 6 and 7 are cross sectional views taken substantially along planes as indicated by the lines 66 and 77, respectively, of FIGURE 3.

Description of the preferred embodiment Referring more specifically to the drawings, the preformed four-in-hand type reversible necktie in its entirely is designated generally 10 and includes a simulated knot portion 11, a drape 12, a neck or collar encircling tape 13, and a supporting unit 14.

As best seen in FIGURES 3 and 4, the supporting unit 14 includes a sleeve 15. A wide ring 16 is secured around an intermediate portion of the sleeve 15 and has a radial opening 17 which aligns with an opening 18 of the sleeve 15. A collar 19 is swivelly mounted on the sleeve 15 above the ring 16 and is retained thereon by a ring member 20 which is secured around the sleeve above said collar. A collar 21 is swivelly mounted on the lower end of the sleeve 15 beneath the ring 16 and is retained thereon by a head 22 which bears against the bottom face of the collar 21 and which has a stem 23 which is secured, as by press fit engagement, in the lower part of the sleeve 15.

The simulated knot 11 is oval shaped in cross section or top plan, as seen in FIGURE 5, and includes at least two inner plies 24 and an outer ply, designated generally 25. The plies 24 and part of the ply 25 disposed therearound are flared upwardly from the collar 19. The plies 24 and 25 are preferably formed of fabric. One end of the neck encircling tape 13 is secured betwen the plies 24 at one narrow side or end of the knot 11 in any conventional manner, not shown, as by cementing or stitching. A cylinder 26, preferably formed of a fabric material, is secured within the other narrow end of the knot 11, as by being stitched, as seen in FIGURE 3 at 27, to the plies 24. The cylinder 26 is inclined downwardly and inwardly of the knot so that its lower end opens above the sleeve 15.

A cylinder 28, preferably of a fabric material, is disposed around and secured to the ring member 16 except beneath the opening 17. The cylinder 28 may be relatively stiff and the part 29 thereof which extends across the opening 17 and therebeneath may be bulged outwardly, as seen in FIGURES 4 and 6, for a purpose which will hereinafter become more apparent. The outer knot ply 25 includes a substantially cylindrical bottom portion 30 which extends downwardly from the plies 24 and which includes an upper part which is secured, as by being cemented, as seen at 31, around the collar 19, and a lower part which is disposed loosely around the cylinder 28 and extends below said cylinder and in partially overlapping relation to the lower collar 21. Said lower part 30 is sufficiently loose below the collar 19 so that a portion 32 thereof will be bulged outwardly around the bulged portion 29.

The drape 12 is of tubular construction and tapers toward its upper end. Said upper end of the drape 12 is of a diameter to fit snugly around the lower collar 21 and is secured thereto as by being cemented, as indicated at 33, in FIGURES 3 and 4. As seen in these figures, the lower end of the substantially cylindrical portion 30 overlaps the upper end of the drape 12. The drape 12 is flat, as seen in FIGURE 4, below the head 22 and the two longitudinal halves or sides 34 and 35 thereof are composed of fabrics of dissimilar materials, colors and/or designs. The outer ply 25, including its portion 30, includes one circumferential half 36 of a material, color and/ or design which matches the drape side 34 and an opposite circumferential half 37 which similarly matches the drape side 35.

The other free end portion 13 of the tape 13 extends downwardly through the cylinder 26 and through the upper part of the sleeve 15 and then outwardly through the openings 18 and 17, which are located at the back of the unit 14, and then downwardly under the bulge portion 29 and behind the side of the drape 12 which i facing inwardly. The looped portion of the tape 13, between its anchored end and the part 13 thereof which extends into the cylinder 26, combines with the upper portion of the knot 11 to form a neck or collar encircling loop which may be enlarged by pulling the end portion 13' upwardly through the cylinder 26, so that the loop may be passed over the head and placed under a shirt collar. The tape end 13' is sufficiently long so that this can be accomplished with a part thereof still protruding downwardly from the bulged portion 29, so that this part can be engaged for pulling the tape end 13' inwardly through the knot 11 to tighten the tape loop around the collar band, not shown, for correctly positioning the knot 11 in the opening in front of the collar. With the necktie thus applied, it will appear as a conventional necktie with the knot portion 36 and drape portion 34 exposed or facing outwardly, as seen in FIGURE 1.

With the tie removed from the neck, the collar 19 can be rotated a half turn to position the side 37 of the knot 11, which rotates with said collar 19, in an outwardly facing or exposed position, and the collar 21 can be similarly rotated a half turn to position the drape side 35 in an exposed position and so that the necktie 10 will then appear as seen in FIGURE 2 and will present a dilferent appearance than as viewed in FIGURE 1, appearing as a completely different necktie.

I claim as my invention:

1. A preformed reversible four-in-hand type necktie comprising a supporting unit, a necktie drape swivelly supported by and depending from said supporting unit, a simulated necktie knot swivelly supported by the supporting unit above the drape and having a lower portion overlapping said drape, said necktie drape having dissimilar longitudinal halves or sides either of which may be positioned in an exposed outwardly facing position, said simnlated knot having circumferential halves matching the sides of the drape, and means attached to and extending from said simulated knot and forming an adjustable neck encircling loop.

2. A necktie as in claim 1, said simulated knot including an upper portion composed of a plurality of plies 4 which is upwardly flared and of oval shape in cross section.

3. A necktie as in claim 1, said supporting unit including a sleeve, a lower collar swivelly attached to said sleeve and around which the upper end of the drape is secured, and an upper collar swivelly connected to the sleeve and around which a portion of the simulated knot is secured.

4. A necktie as in claim 3, said means forming the neck encircling loop comprising a tape having one end anchored in and extending upwardly from the knot, the other, free end of said tape extending downwardly into the knot and partially through said sleeve, a ring member fixed around said sleeve between said collars and having an opening in an inner side thereof communicating with an opening in side sleeve through which the free end of the tape extends outwardly and downwardly under an inwardly facing bottom portion of the knot, whereby the neck encircling loop, formed by the portion of the tape disposed above the knot, may be adjusted as to size for passage over the head for applying and removing the necktie and for tightening the loop about the neck.

5. A necktie as in claim 4, a cylinder disposed around and secured to said ring member and having an outwardly bulged portion disposed over and beneath the opening of the ring member and under a part of the knot member to provide a passage for sliding movement of the free end of the tape.

6. A necktie as in claim 1, said dissimilar knot and drape portions being of different colored materials.

7. A necktie as in claim 1, said dissimilar knot and drape portions comprising different fabrics.

8. A necktie as in claim 1, said dissimilar knot and drape portions comprising fabrics of different designs.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,388,993 11/1945 Pfau 2-150 2,453,733 11/1948 Taborski 2--150 2,648,846 8/1953 Titone 24-150 3,263,237 8/1966 Bellon 2l50 PATRICK D. LAWSON, Primary Examiner 

